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- ELIZABETHTON - Mrs. Rhoda Cates Hyder, 99, 122 Old Stateline Road, Elizabethton, TN, died Thursday, March 30, 2006, at her residence.
A native of Carter County, TN, she was the daughter of the late Allen and Sallie Whitehead Cates.
Mrs. Hyder retired as a teacher from Valley Forge Elementary School. Mrs. Hyder has been a valuable resident of Carter County for her entire life and was still an active member of the church she grew up in, Doe River Baptist Church. She has evinced her deep faith in a variety of important church jobs, as the Training Union Director, as a tireless worker with youth, as Supervisor of the Watauga Lodge of the Watauga Baptist Association, and as Director of the Summer Goodwill Center for the Watauga Baptist Association.
Mrs. Hyder served expertly on the first Tennessee Advisory Council on Aging and was later appointed by Governor Lamar Alexander to the Tennessee Commission on Aging (1981-1990). She belonged to the Roan Mountain Garden Club, the Hampton Garden Club, the ZETA, IOTA Chapter of East Tennessee State University, the Roan Mountain Eastern Star, the Carter County / Elizabethton Senior Citizens, the Elizabethton Woman's Club and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She has also served admirably as President of the Carter County PTA Council and the Valley Forge PTA, was a lifetime member of the Tennessee Parent Teachers Association, served as President of the Carter County Retired Teachers Association and served diligently on the Elizabethton Public Library Board of Directors. In each of these capacities, she has reflected the finest traditions of the Volunteer State.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Hyder was preceded in death by her husband, Nat E. Hyder Sr., May 10, 1970; a daughter, June Evelyn Walsh, January 2003; a grandson, Paul Marshall Hyder; a great-grandson, Marine Lance Corp. Nason Michael Hopkins; two sisters, Carrie Street and Pearl Roberts; four brothers, Jim Cates, John Cates, William Cates and Paul Cates; and a special friend, Dr. Harley Fite.
Survivors include a son, Dr. Nat Edens Hyder Jr. and his wife, Elizabeth, Johnson City, TN; a daughter, Dr. Lois Gretchen Fortune and her husband, David Lee, Brasilia, Brazil; twelve grandchildren; twenty-nine great- grandchildren; and one great-great grandson. Several nieces and nephews and very special friends, Martha Bunton Query, Unicoi, TN, and Nancy Garland, Elizabethton, TN, also survive.
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1907 - 2006 (99 years)
